http://www.thechrisd.com The life and times of TheChrisD - Irish gamer, student, Aspie, and overall Baby Bear nut. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:32:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alright, before you start planning a "blogosphere intervention" I'm not talking about THAT kind of coke. I'm not a junkie, nor do I ever plan on becoming one. What I am going on about is that relatively new sensation known as Red Bull Cola. If you haven't tried it, or even ... http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/07/09/getting-hooked-on-coke Although I didn't do much yesterday (there is more planned for this weekend though, so Donncha you'll get those embarrassing photos ;) ), I'd just like to take this opportunity to say thank-you to all those who wished me a happy birthday yesterday (or today in some cases). First and foremost, ... http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/07/03/a-big-thank-you-to-all Jeez, barely even one minute into the 2nd of July and already I'm getting hounded by e-mails, text messages and people wanting to wish me a happy birthday. Yes, I get it - I'm 19. But you really don't have to make such a big deal out of it! Although, I ... http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/07/02/eh-i-asked-for-low-key When I first started my site/blog/things, I knew it was really going to be a niche market, that would probably only been seen by gaming friends. A site was was like a plankton in the big sea of general blogs. However, a year and a half has passed, and I ... http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/06/30/me-and-the-irish-blogosphere Semester 2 Examination Results Examination results will be posted online on Thursday 26th June 2008 at 3pm. Oh dear, those two little sentences are really making me edgy about tomorrow. I know I had a few problems here and there with a few subjects, although not as bad as the complete blank in ... http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/06/25/the-results-of-all-that-stress This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/06/20/oh-well-go-yourselves-again Judging by the amount of people that have been asking me lately for help with their WordPress blogs and installations, I thought it might be helpful to write an information post for a change :) And before I start, let me just clarify that this is about self-hosted Wordpress, since I'm ... http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/06/19/wordpress-as-more-than-a-blog It's only been around 5 hours, but already the Mozilla servers seem to be getting hammered with the amount of people downloading Firefox 3. I myself, had to wait 10 minutes for it to download as it was coming at a meagre 8 kB/s. However, I have to say I am ... http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/06/17/the-launch-of-firefox-3 Yes, I will admit I haven't really been posting much else recently, but I have really been busy with other projects... Right, to make this more "beefy", a few random tidbits of information: On the 26th of August, my 360 will have lasted 2 years since it's manufacturing date (provided it does ... http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/06/11/busy-times I wanted to go to the last race of the 2007-8 A1GP season in Brands Hatch last month, but wasn't able to since I had exams coming up and also the lack of available money to buy tickets over there and tickets for the track itself. However, this evening what ... http://www.thechrisd.com/blog/2008/06/06/brands-hatch-isnt-close-enough